4 homemade white without Recipes

fresh whole shrimp ( you can also use shrimp without the head), fresh small lobster tails ( aragostelle in italy..pretty spiny) they are about 2-3 inches in length at least here in italy, i miss the ones from maine or jamaica, fresh calamari, chicken, chorizo sausage ( optional), good saffron, diced red bell pepper ( roasted in the oven and skin removed), homemade fish broth ( you can use the store bought if you like ), white or spanish onion, garlic (if you don tsp like , who doesn tsp like eh!! well you can reduce the amount), good extra virgin olive oil, dry white wine ( i never use wine that i don tsp drink to cook), basmati rice, salt to taste, hot red chili pepper flakes ( optional), above all a paella pan

fresh beets (about 2 lb without tops ), kosher salt, chicken stock, preferably homemade, sour cream, plus extra for serving, plain yogurt, sugar, fresh lemon juice, champagne vinegar, fresh ground black pepper, diced english cucumbers , seeds removed, chopped scallion, white and green parts, chopped fresh dill, plus extra for serving

qts. chicken stock (must be homemade!), flour, oil, chicken or guinea hen, without giblets, cut up, andouillesausage , sliced about 1/4 thick on the bias (you may substitute hot or mild smoked sausage if good andouille isn tsp available) and/or fresh creole hot sausage, browned, shrimp, peeled and deveined, blue crabs, cleaned, broken in half and claws pulled off (or for a more elegant looking gumbo, omit and instead add 1-1/2 lb lump white crabmeat, picked over for shells and cartilage), okra, sliced (leave out if you don tsp like okra, but be sure to add file at the end if you leave out the okra), onions, chopped, green onions with tops, chopped, bell peppers, chopped, ribs celery, chopped, several cloves garlic, minced, bay leaves, fresh parsley, chopped, black, white and cayenne peppers , to taste, salt to taste, few dashes tabasco , or to taste., file powder (only if you don tsp use okra!), steaming hot louisiana long-grain rice